GRE Word List
FERRET
a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
The meaning of the word ferret is a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat.
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